Garment.



A. E. WILLIAMS.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I 19m.

Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

yzz t za ri am m W vb Mk rmrnn srnrns rarnnr cr sis? ALBERT E. WILLIAMS, OF .IJAKEWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO OHIO OVERALL COMPANY, OF WOOSTER, OHIO, A FIRM OOMPOSEDOF WM. A. CRAIG AND EMILE E. PAUMIER.

GARMENT.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, ALBERT E. WILLIAMS, citizen of the United States, residing at Lakewood, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Garments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in garments of the class known as overalls; and it has for its object the production of a garment of this class which completely covers the clothing of the wearer from neck to wrists and ankles, and which, while fitting sufficiently close to prevent portions of the garment from catching on objects in close proximity with which the wearer is obliged to work, possess a novel feature whereby the garment is made capable of yielding or adjusting itself to compensate for the movements, particularly the forward bending movement, of the wearer.

To this end my invention consists in producing a garment comprising blouse and trousers connected at the waist line and open in front from crotch to neck and wherein the blouse and trousers are unconnected in the central region of the back so as to allow them to separate as the wearer bends forward, the trousers being provided with an extension which overlies the adjacent unconnected portion of the blouse so that no exposure of the inner garments occurs when the aforesaid separation takes place, the invention further providing for an elastic connection between the separable portions of the blouse and trousers whereby such portions will resume normal condition when the wearer returns to a standing attitude. It is obvious that the separation between the trousers and blouse provides for ventilation; and that the movements of the wearer which causes a separation between these parts will also-act to expand and contract the garment, as to speak, and thereby draw in a certain amount of air when the wearer stoops and expel it when he resumes an upright position.

In the accompanying drawing which forms a part hereof, Figures 1 and 2 show my improved garment respectively, upon a standing and a stooping figure; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front view of the garment, the front of the garment being open to reveal Specification of Letters Patent.

the inside construction of the back thereof; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary rear view, with parts broken away to more clearly reveal its construction; and Fig. 5 is a central vertical section through the rear of the garment in the region of the waist line.

To the upper edge of the trousers l is attached the lower edge of the blouse 2,abelt 3 being stitched about the garment at the waist line, merely to enhance its appearance. At one end, the belt projects beyond the edge of the garment to form a tab 4 which may extend over and button to the opposite end of the belt. At about the center of the back, the lower edge of the blouse is made free from the upper edge of the trousers. A flap 5 is stitched to the upper edge of the trousers, and extends upward along the inside of the blouse and has its side edges stitched to the blouse as shown at 6. Therefore, when the back of the garment is stretched lengthwise, the lower edge of the blouse is permitted to travel upward along the flap 5,but at no time will it pass the upper edge of the flap and produce a gap between the blouse and flap. Some distance above the upper edge of the flap 5, the blouse has secured to it the end of an elastic strip 10, the lower edge of' the strip being stitched at 11 to the upper edge of the trousers. This elastic strip permits the unconnected portions of the trousers and blouse to freely separate during the forward bending movements of the wearer, and acts to return said parts to normal condition, when the wearer stands upright.

As hereinbefore stated, this opening in the back of the garment provides for effective ventilation, and the movements of the wearer cause sufiicient expansion and contraction of the garment to cause it to inhale and exhale air.

The garment is open in front from neck to crotch, and the opposed edges are provided respectively with buttons and button holes whereby they may be secured together. This construction being common in garments of this nature, illustration further than that shown in the drawing is deemed unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is A garment of the character set forth comprising trousers and blouse permanently connected at the waist line across the front,

Patented Feb. 4, 1919. Application am August 21, 1916. Serial No. 115,932.

about each side, and to Within a comparatively short distance from the center of the back, and a flap secured to and extending from thefree edge portion of the trousers up over the inside adjacent portion of the back, the lateral edges of the flap being stitched to the blouse, While its upper edge tral'back portion of the-blouse;

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature. ALBERT E. WILLIAMS.

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